“The build and release in the music and in Anohni's voice make "Fistful of Love," feel triumphant, a powerful declaration of love. However, thinking about the title and actually listening to the words, one would be hard-pressed to label them as positive. "I tell you I love you and I always will" precedes "And I know you can't tell me." The chorus goes, "I feel your fists and I know it's out of love." One might read physical abuse from this, or, at the very least, a one-sided and damaging relationship where the narrator is delusional to some harsher reality. That's the beauty of the song, though. You can hear it as a devastating portrayal of someone in a horrible situation, yet there is something undeniably empowering about the delivery and sound, making it possible to have multiple interpretations.”